I just realised that I have not written for ages!!  Okay, so what’s happening?  We have had rain and lots more rain.  The last few days, the sun has come out a bit (hooray) but still more rain.  It is all quite splashy and puddly right now.  Still can’t get out there!!  If you recall in a New Year’s post I thought that the new year truly started according to the Lunar Calendar (ie. Chinese New Year)…well, it certainly looks that way.  We are heading towards Chinese New Year (next week, 16th of February) so we have to see if the new moon will allow us to get out on the farm and start (and finish) projects.

Not much to report except that I am planning the Chinese New Year celebration food which will include camp-fire gibnut…

Pictures from the farm:

Drying tobacco; we have all-sorts including Burley, Virginia and Turkish.

Gnome is still making charcoal; we have had some wild winds blowing down tree branches around the farm.  We are piling them all up to start another barrel of charcoal:

The bucket garden fell down over Christmas but is now back up again.  We are not adding too many extra plants at this point because dry season is approaching:

More plants up here too on the veranda.  The plants are taking over:

Tomatillo:

Plants on the veranda; two types of eggplant (aubergine); one is a white round egg and the other is an oval orangey one with green stripes.  I will have pictures once they have formed:

The goosie barricade around the house is slowly being formed.  Goosies be warned; you are a bunch of noisy trouble-makers and you need to be further away from us for our emotional and spiritual well-being.

Ooooh…lovely colour….sorrel elixir (tincture) in the making:

Have a lovely night if you are still up!

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